Cosby deadlock makes task of finding second jury even more difficult
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Now that Bill Cosby’s first sex assault trial has ended in deadlock, the difficulty of seating an unbiased jury for the famed entertainer’s retrial may have ratcheted higher, thanks to blanket media coverage of the sensational case…
Canada raises asylum seekers influx with Minnesota governor
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Canada’s public safety minister raised concerns on Monday with Minnesota’s state governor about an unauthorized influx of thousands of asylum seekers into Canada this year.
Audio tape captures fatal shooting of black mother by Seattle police
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A deadly weekend encounter between two white Seattle policemen and a black woman whom relatives described as mentally ill turned abruptly violent, with the officers shouting at the woman to “get back” before opening fire, an audio r…
U.S. student held prisoner by North Korea dies days after release
(Reuters) – An American university student held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months died at a Cincinnati hospital on Monday, just days after he was released from captivity in a coma, his family said.
In Georgia, costliest U.S. House race hits ugly note as election looms
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The costliest U.S. congressional race in history will be decided on Tuesday in suburban Atlanta, where America’s divisive political climate has been on display in an election seen by some analysts as a political test for President D…
Judge wants more details on ex-drug executive Shkreli’s finances
(Reuters) – Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli should reveal more about his finances if he wants his $5 million bail cut to $2 million, a Brooklyn federal judge said Monday, a week before Shkreli is set to face trial on securities fraud charg…
Democrats protest Senate Republican healthcare secrecy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democrats took to the Senate floor on Monday to throw a spotlight on behind-the-scenes efforts by the Republican majority to repeal former President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, known as Obamacare.
Supreme Court to hear major case on political boundaries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether the U.S. Constitution limits how far lawmakers can go to redraw voting districts to favor one political party over another in a case that could have huge consequences for …
Anti-nuclear bomb activists arrested at U.S. mission to U.N.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than a dozen activists were arrested for disorderly conduct after they blocked the entrances to the United States mission to the United Nations on Monday to protest Washington’s decision to boycott negotiations on a nuclear we…
Ex-Insys employee pleads guilty in U.S. opioid drug probe
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former employee of Insys Therapeutics Inc pleaded guilty on Monday to having conspired to defraud insurers into paying for an expensive fentanyl-based drug that is at the heart of an investigation into the company.
